Drunken_chicken

Drunken chicken is the name given to several different ways of preparing chicken using alcoholic beverages.

Chinese cuisines

Shaoxing cuisine

In Chinese cuisine there maybe many ways of cooking drunken chicken. One nationally known version is originated from Shaoxing, in the Zhejiang province of eastern China.TVB Natural Heritage 天賜良源 episode 1 January 30, 2008 It is cooked and marinated exclusively in the historic Shaoxing wine to create a deep taste.

Other Chinese cuisine

Another Chinese versions is cooked with scallions, ginger and salt. The resulting meat juices are kept with the meat. The whole chicken is first steamed and then chopped up into pieces appropriately sized for picking up by chopsticks. Some liquor is poured over the cooked pieces. The liquor might be Chinese liquor, sherry or hard liquor like whiskey. The meat marinades in the liquor overnight in the refrigerator. The dish is served chilled, often as an appetizer. Besides the liquor-flavored meat, another feature of the dish is the liquor-flavored gelatin that results from the chilled mixture of the alcohol and the cooking juices.

North American Cuisines

A western version (also known as beer can chicken or chicken on a throne) is made by standing a prepared chicken upright on a partially filled can of beer and cooking it slowly in a barbecue or oven. The can goes into the opening of the chicken so that the beer evaporates and permeates the cooking chicken. It received its name due to way the chicken wobbles once the beer has evaporated and due to the fact the chicken is flavored with evaporated beer. The wobbling and falling usually indicates the chicken is done.

Another related recipe is bourbon chicken, which is prepared from bourbon whiskey.

Latin American Cuisines

The Argentine and Mexican versions of this dish are called pollo borracho, and usually include green and black olives and cinnamon.

References

External links

• one recipe for chinese drunken chicken
• another chinese recipe
• Chicken on a throne smoker recipe
• Beer can chicken recipe

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